Attack

GLENDALE — Five people charged with allegedly torturing and beating two loan agents attacked them inside their residential office on South Verdugo Road, police said Tuesday. Lamond Dean and Luis Garcia ran a loan modification business out of their Glendale office in the 400 block of South Verdugo Road, where the Oct. 20 attack occurred, police Sgt. Tom Lorenz said. On the day of the attack, police got two separate reports of victims who had been injured during an assault, he said.

Alecia Foster DOWNTOWN -- Four Los Angeles men were attacked recently by four others with baseball bats. The four L.A. men had just left the Galleria at about 6 p.m. and were driving south on Central Avenue when the attack on their car occurred. Four other men, between 18 and 21 years old, pulled up next to them, started shouting and asked what gang the men were from, a police report stated. Although the Los Angeles men said they were not from any gang, the four others continued to follow them.

Gary Moskowitz Jimmy Orozco, a former co-worker whom slaying victim Raul Aguirre allegedly tried to defend the day he died, admitted in court Thursday to his own membership in a local Latino gang at the time of Aguirre's death. Orozco, 21, was one of three people to testify Thursday afternoon in the trial of the alleged killers of Aguirre, who was stabbed and beaten to death in front of Toll Middle School more than three years ago. Karen Terteryan, 21, and Rafael Gevorgyan, 18, faced their first day of testimony in the trial Sept.

Alecia Foster NORTHWEST GLENDALE -- Pictures of the World Trade Center taken shortly after the Sept. 11 attacks flashed across the computer screen. "When we first came to New York, this is what we looked at," Los Angeles City Fire Deputy Chief Mario Rueda said, showing a picture of smoke rising from the Manhattan skyline. He watched the scenes, along with a group of second-graders at Columbus Elementary School Thursday morning, and talked about his experiences with the relief effort there shortly after the attack.

Gary Moskowitz As the setting sun's rays dropped on East Colorado Boulevard on Friday evening, so did support of a possible Iraqi invasion. A group of Glendale and area residents gathered outside the National Guard Armory on Colorado Boulevard to conduct a peace vigil against President Bush's call for military action in Iraq. Vigil organizers Nancy Kent and Julianne Spillman, both Glendale residents, wanted local residents to know that there are people who do not support an attack of Iraq.

Jerry Bean, former publisher of the Valley Sun newspapers, suffered a mild heart attack last Friday while vacationing in Canada. Since the attack, Bean, publisher of the Century Group Newspapers, has been recovering in a hospital in Bridgewater, Nova Scotia. He was scheduled to be moved to a hospital in Halifax this week for further examination and a possible angioplasty. Listed in good condition, Bean said he hoped to return to California in order to be installed today (Friday)

Amid the terror and mayhem that paralyzed one of the world’s largest cities last week, more than 170 people were brutally murdered by terrorists. Among those killed during the attack on Mumbai, India, were my colleague and dear friend, Rabbi Gavriel Holtzberg, and his wife, Rivkah, the directors of the local Chabad House. This was not only an attack on a rabbi or a Jewish center; it was an attack on anyone who — like the Holtzbergs — values the ideals of peace, goodness and kindness.

To say that Mountain Avenue Elementary School fifth grader Brett Tyler loves history is an understatement. He not only loves it but also feels almost duty bound to share what he has learned with his peers. “It’s important we remember our history, otherwise we can’t move forward,” Tyler explained. Tyler, who aspires to have a career as a military historian, shared what Dec. 7 means to America in a presentation to his class last Friday. “It was 66 years ago today that the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor,” began Tyler as he stood before his fellow students.

Bear, a 13-year-old Bernese mountain dog that we told readers about on Sept. 12, is back home with his owner George Strong. Bear is recovering from being attacked just over three weeks ago by a mountain lion that entered the family's La Cañada yard. The cat grabbed Bear and ran off into the nearby hillside. Strong, his brother-in- law Bryan Thomas and his other dog Dante gave chase and ended up rescuing him. After the attack, Strong took Bear to an Irvine neurologist to have bone chips removed from his brain.

JDL advanced to the semifinals of the Crescenta Valley Little League Tri-cities Softball Tournament (Minor Division) with an impressive 16-6 victory over Roundtree Construction. JDL next played the Burbank Rowdie Girls on Monday night at Montrose Park. Results were not available at press time. JDL's hitting attack was lead by Amber Sanz-Cruz who delivered two key hits to drive in four runs and Sara Henschel also had two hits and scored three runs. Also contributing to the JDL hitting attack was Kasey Balwin, Renay Panduro, Caitlin Gillman, and Rachel Turner.

While there wasn't much suspense in determining which boys' golf teams from the Pacific League would qualify for the playoffs, Crescenta Valley High, Burroughs and Burbank enter the postseason with varying goals. They will look to achieve them at the CIF Southern Section Northern Team Divisional, which will begin at 1 p.m. Monday at Soule Park Golf Course in Ojai. Crescenta Valley, Burroughs and Burbank will be joined by league champion Arcadia in the 19-team event. The top three teams from the seven divisionals will move on to the CIF Team Championship Final, which will take place at 8 a.m. Thursday at Rancho San Marcos Golf Club in Santa Barbara.

Burbank police continue investigating an incident in which four young adults allegedly beat up a 17-year-old with what was described as a “mini baseball bat” on Tuesday night, resulting in lacerations to his face and neck and the loss of part of his ear. At about 9:20 p.m. on the 100 block of South Virginia near Olive Avenue, the 17-year-old was walking on Virginia when four, 18- to 22-year-old males approached him, police Sgt. Darin Ryburn...

PASADENA - There was a different energy in the air than there has been all season for the Renaissance Academy boys' basketball team when it took on Ribet Academy. It could have been that it was the semifinals of the CIF State Boys' Division V Championships Southern California Bracket tournament or that the second-seeded Fighting Frogs bested the Wildcats by one point earlier this season in Harbor League play. In the end, Renaissance got revenge and the one that mattered most in a 75-59 victory at Pasadena City College's Hutto-Patterson gym Tuesday night.

“Attack the Block” was one of last year's best films and more evidence that we may be living in a new Golden Age of genre films - what might very loosely be referred to as B movies. The story concerns a group of London gang members and civilians who unite to fight off an alien invasion on Guy Fawkes Night. The aliens are furry, sharp-toothed monsters with glowing eyes; they may seem unbeatable, but they chose the wrong apartment project to invade. It's a nice enough transfer, with a strong sound mix. The package includes a lot of extras: Start with the three commentary tracks, all with writer/director Joe Cornish, talking to the teenage cast members, then with the older cast members, and finally with executive producer Edgar Wright, director of “Shaun of the Dead” and “Scott Pilgrim vs. the World”.

LA CRESCENTA - Coming off a subpar showing against host Burroughs High on Monday, the Crescenta Valley High's girls' soccer team was running and running some more at practice on Tuesday. "It wasn't fun, but we deserved it," said Falcons senior captain Mallory Carcich. "The effort just wasn't there [on Monday]. " Thus, when Hoover came to play on Wednesday, an energized Crescenta Valley was shooting and shooting some more with renewed energy and focus en route to a 4-0 Pacific League win over the Tornadoes.

A 51-year-old Glendale man was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of attempted murder and is slated to be arraigned in court Thursday after police said he tried to gouge an 82-year-old man's eyes out for no apparent reason. Benyamin Yengibaryan was taken into custody about 8 a.m. on Central Avenue and Windsor Road after witnesses heard him threatening to kill the injured man as he violently kicked, punched and tried to poke his eyes out, police said. “It appeared to be a random act of violence,” Glendale Police Sgt. Tom Lorenz said.

Business Life publisher John Krikorian and his family honored Glendale firefighters and paramedics for saving his life after he suffered a heart attack at an October awards luncheon. Krikorian and his family served up lunch on Monday to Glendale firefighters and paramedics from stations 21, 25 and 27 at the Glendale Fire Department headquarters on Oak Street, thanking them for saving his life following his Oct. 12 cardiac arrest. Krikorian described the firefighters as his guardian angels.

Business Life publisher John Krikorian remained in critical, but stable condition Thursday after suffering a massive heart attack while on stage a day earlier at the annual Glendale Fire Department awards luncheon. Krikorian was in the intensive care unit at Glendale Adventist Medical Center, his son, Greg Krikorian said. The elder Krikorian has responded to some questions, even squeezing his son's hand. “Thank God he was in the right place at the right time,” Greg Krikorian said.

With no reliable passing option at quarterback, the Glendale Community College football team turned to its steady ground attack to try and mount a comeback against L.A. Valley College in its Pacific Conference American Division opener on Saturday night. With two long fourth-quarter drives consisting solely of running offense and ending in Timothy Broughton touchdowns, the Vaqueros gave themselves a chance to pull out a come-from-behind win, but when your entire arsenal consists of rushing plays, the clock becomes your enemy very quickly.

SOUTH PASADENA - Behind the strength of its offensive line, the South Pasadena High football team was able to do virtually anything it desired Thursday night. Whether it was creating opportunities for their running backs or giving their quarterback ample time to connect on passes, the Tigers' linemen played a pivotal role in the team's 39-6 nonleague win over visiting Hoover. "We can't run if they don't block," first-year South Pasadena Coach Marty Konrad said. "Those guys really stepped up and did a good job. "It's a young group and their best games are ahead of them.